Om Namah Shivaya (Panchakshari Mantra)
Taittiriya Samhita 4.5 (Shri Rudram), eighth anuvaka: “namaḥ śivāya ca śivatarāya ca”
Text
ॐ नमः शिवाय ॥
oṃ namaḥ śivāya ||
Meaning
Om — salutation to Shiva, the auspicious one.
Word by word
| Word | Roman | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ॐ | oṃ | Om, the sacred syllable |
| नमः | namaḥ | salutation, bowing |
| शिवाय | śivāya | to Shiva, the auspicious one |
Pronunciation trainer
ॐoṃ नnaमःmaḥ शिśiवाvāयya ॥
6 syllables, 9 matras · Underlined syllables are guru (long or heavy) and are held about twice as long as laghu (short) ones.
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